Fastener for shoe-laces



(No Model.)

C. WILBE.

FASTENER POR SHOE LAGES.v

No. 542,432. Patented July 9.1895.

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UNITED dSTATES i PATENT OEEIoE.

CHARLES WILDE, OF PHILADELPHIA,l PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTEN ER FOR SHOE-LACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,432, dated July 9, 18S 5. Application :tiled` October 16, 1894- Serial No. 526,031. (No model.)`

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES WILBE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyA of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Shoe-Laces, of Which'the following is a specification.

The invention relates to fasteners for shoe laces. Y

The object is to produce a neat, simple, and inexpensive device of this class by `which the ends and loops of bows orV other ties may be readily secured and held in a manner to be easily detached when desired.

With this object in View the invention consists in a certain novel construction, which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

portion of a shoe, showing one embodiment of the invention applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view showing the device detached.

In the drawings, Arepreseuts the fastener,

l preferably of metal and suitably struck up,

stamped, cast, or otherwise formed intoa tube a, which is split part way of its length, as at a2, to form two diametrically-opposite springjaws a3, the end of one of the jaws being liared to facilitate ready attachment thereof. This device is designed to serve as a tip for shoelaces, and is secured by having its end encircling the lace split, as at a4, and the teeth or spurs between the slits pressed inward `in a manner to become securely attached thereto.

Inuse, after the proper tie has been Iliade, the end of the lace to Which'the fastenentip is attached is brought up and fixed to the upper of the shoe by havingthe jaws ofthe tips straddle the leather, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, when the bows and remaining end of the lace are placed beneath the fiared jaw, which is upon the outside, and are thereby securely yet removably hel Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isc 1. A tip for laces, split at one end, to form engaging projections and having its opposite,

end split and contracted, in a manner t0 become attached to the lace.

2. A combined Vtip andfastener for shoe laces consisting of a body split at one end to form spring jaws, the opposite end split as at a4, with the teeth or spurs of the split secur- Figure 1 isa view in perspective of the upper ing the laces, for the purpose described.

3. A combined tip and fastener for shoe laces consisting of a body split to form duplicate spring jaws, one of which is flared, for the purpose described, the opposite end of said tip being also split to receive thelace, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' CHAS. WILDE. Witnesses:

GEO. A. HINCKEN, W. H. PUMPHREY. 

